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My Firefox browaer starts with searchnu rather than Google. When I try to reset it it says that the searchnu tool bar has not allowed the change to take place. How do I step by step remove this malware program. My pc tools won't remove it

My Firefox browaer starts with searchnu rather than Google. When I try to reset it it says that the searchnu tool bar has not allowed the change to take place. How do I step by step remove this malware program. My pc tools won't remove it

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I watched several of these videos on removing this virus, and all of the other advice on posts. I restored IE, and my home page in Firefox. But when I open new tabs in FF, it still took me to Searchnu. I figured out the answer.

In the Firefox url, type "about:config"
Click through the warning
In the search filter, search on "searchnu"
When a result came up, Iooked closely at the directory path to the result, and it went to C:/Program Files(x86)/Searchnu

I deleted this folder. Now everything works fine, and my new tabs take me where I want to go..

I watched several of these videos on removing this virus, and all of the other advice on posts. I restored IE, and my home page in Firefox. But when I open new tabs in FF, it still took me to Searchnu. I figured out the answer.
In the Firefox url, type "about:config"
Click through the warning
In the search filter, search on "searchnu"
When a result came up, Iooked closely at the directory path to the result, and it went to C:/Program Files(x86)/Searchnu
I deleted this folder. Now everything works fine, and my new tabs take me where I want to go..

I woke up this morning and found this piece of garbage on my computer. How it got there, I don't know, because I didn't install anything new. I removed it via the Control Panel, uninstalling the Searchqu Toolbar. I also noticed a shortcut on my desktop, for some emoticons that I didn't install. I got rid of that too. I ran CCleaner afterwards, and all seems to be well. I also had to switch my homepage back to what I normally use.

I woke up this morning and found this piece of garbage on my computer. How it got there, I don't know, because I didn't install anything new. I removed it via the Control Panel, uninstalling the Searchqu Toolbar. I also noticed a shortcut on my desktop, for some emoticons that I didn't install. I got rid of that too. I ran CCleaner afterwards, and all seems to be well. I also had to switch my homepage back to what I normally use.